Contains significant materials covering a wide range of topics related to forestry research and forest management practices in Central British Columbia from the 1920s to the 1980s with the bulk of the materials dating from 1924 to 1963. Includes early surveys and descriptions of the Upper Fraser area, early maps and plans of the Research Forest, and historical meteorological registers from the area. Also includes unpublished scientific reports, communications, administrative and technical reports, timber sale records, and general forestry related reports and publications. Photographs include images of the Experimental Station dating from its inception and images of the Young Men's Forestry Training Program situated at Aleza Lake in 1936. Research records include experimental plot files that contain field notebooks dating from 1928 to 1958 which note locations of the experimental plots as well as sample plots from the surrounding areas of Hutton, Penny, and Foreman. The field notebooks also record growth and mortality data of white spruce balsam from 1928 to 1958 and soil types. The fonds also contains some records related to the re-emergence of the Aleza Lake Research Forest (ALRF) in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Reproduced map on mylar depicts the Aleza Lake timber reserve near Aleza Lake, BC.
Reproduced map on mylar depicts locations of elevations and benchmarks at the Aleza Lake forest.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
Reproduced map on mylar depicts a proposed railway spur for the Aleza Lake Forest Experiment Station.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
Fonds consists of ledgers recording accounts and maintenance notes of the S. B. Trick Lumber Co. and one photograph of the Ambrose Trick Sawmill.
Zonder titelSeries consists of two ledgers and two journals. The two ledgers consist of logging accounts including lumber shipments and sales as well as payroll and expenditures. The two journals include handwritten maintenance notes and loose papers of diagrams of equipment.
Series consists of one black and white photograph of S. B. Trick Lumber Company Sawmill.
Item is a photograph of the S.B. Trick Lumber Co. Sawmill. Image shows men around processed lumber with the mill in the background.
File consists of two ledgers recording sales and expenditures. One ledger includes shipping and sales as well as expenditures, including salaries, from Oct. 1944 to June 1951. The other ledger, with "M + T Journal" on the cover, records logging accounts and payroll from Sept. 1942 to Nov. 1950.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from the Canadian Forest Service Archives in Victoria. Also includes handwritten notes.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
Series consists of publications created by those associated with the Aleza Lake Research Forest as well as the Aleza Lake Research Forest Society itself. Includes various clippings and articles from serial publications such as newspapers and newsletters that focus on the ALRF. Also includes publications that served as reference material on topics relevant to the ALRF.
Original forest cover map shows timber history in the area of Giscome, BC.
File contains an original EP 433 report entitled "A Preliminary Working Plan for the Aleza Lake Experimental Forest" by L. DeGrace of the BC Forest Service.
File contains an original copy of a BC Forest Service publication entitled "The Development of the Spruce-Balsam Type in the Aleza Lake Experimental Forest" by A.R. Fraser and J.L. Alexander.
Series consists of tools and materials Harry Coates used during his work as a BC Forest Service Research Technician at Aleza Lake Research Forest. Series also includes awards Harry Coates received during his career.
File consists of two signs:
- "Government of British Columbia Official Use Only"
- "British Columbia Forest Service Research Plot No Cutting or Disturbance".
File consists of a forestry tool called a dibble and mile marker.
Map is a mylar reproduction of an Aleza Lake Forest Reserve map.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File contains an original report entitled "An Appraisal of Logging Practices in the Naver Forest" by D. Burbidge of the BC Forest Service.
Map is an uncontrolled mosaic of aerial photography of the Aleza Lake Research Forest, with a July 1955 date of the air photography. Duplicate exists.
File contains an original BC Forest Service report for E.P. 443 by S. Benteli entitled "Marking of Douglas Fir: A Preliminary Investigation of the Problems, Restricted to Interior Dry Types and the Cariboo".
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
Map is a photocopy reproduction of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest working circle timber sale map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
Fonds consists of records Harry Coates created or received and retained during his career as a BC Forest Service Research Technician and into his retirement as a Sustainable Forest Management activist. Fonds includes materials from his work at the Aleza Lake Research Forest.
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Map is a photocopy reproduction of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest development map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
Map is a photocopy reproduction of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest permanent plot map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
Map is a photocopy reproduction of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
Map is a photocopy reproduction of the "Aleza Lake Experiment Forest" map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
File consists of 35 photographs of trees, cleared forest land, experimental plots sites, plantations, equipment, and one photograph of Harry Coates.
- 8 photos in folder "FES [Forest Experiment Station] [Stem?] Mapping"; photos include pictures of the Aleza Lake Research Forest Sign, trees, 3 photos from CP 410 Oct. 1992, and photo of Aleza Lake E loop [trail?] 1992
- Black and white photo of a young Harry Coates
- 5 photos in folder "SHEEP July 1990" include 2 photos of cleared land (back of each photo reads "Sheep penny?") and 3 photos of a an unknown piece of forestry equipment
- 8 photos in folder "Fire" of various locations of fire damaged forests in 1992
- 13 photos in "More Planting" envelope; photos include 1 from Red Rock plantation in 1971; 2 from Cedar Plot in Valemont in Fall 1992; 2 from Cedar Goat R[oad] Fall 1992; 2 from [Compan Plantation?], Spittal Creek Fall 1992; Douglas Fir, Valemount - Cedar [Creal?]; Spaced Aspen Spittal Creek Fall 1992; 2 Cedar Plot, Spittal Creek, Fall 1992; Whit Pine Spittal Creek Fall 1992; Buckhorn B. Spruce 1978.
File consists of 26 photographs including: 10 images of Aleza Lake Research Forest aerial photos; 4 images of packed cones from Red Rock to Duncan 1970; 11 black and white forestry photographs; photo of J. Revel.
File consists of 19 photographs depicting Harry Coates, experiments, landscapes, and air photos, including:
- Photo pf Harry Coates ca. 1958 at Aleza lake Experiment Station
- Photo of Lloyd Brothers at Cluculz Lake, Gordon Talbot
- 3 photos: including a photo of pine trees, a photo of Harry Coates with a damaged tree, and a photo of a damaged pine
- 1 photo of a young man in safety gear sitting in the back of a parked pickup struck, holding circular saw and smiling at the camera
- 3 photos of cleared forest in the winter
- 2 photos from EP 442 Wansa Lake, P. 60, 61 and 70
- 3 photos of Fire Study June 1984
- 1 photo of EP 657.03 Squirral Damage, June 1984
- 1 photo EP 868.07 McBride May 1984
- 3 photos of Bobtail Demo 660 in 1992, EP 657.03.
File contains an original "Do's and Don't's When Marking Stands For Cutting" booklet illustrated by J. Pickford.
File consists of documentation on E.P. 670.01.03.01 "Aleza Lake Half Sib Progeny Trial".
Series consists of photographs created or accumulated by the Aleza Lake Research Forest Society.
File contains a photocopied version of "Tree Farm Licence No. 29 - Eagle Lake Sawmills Ltd. Cutting Permit Application No. 7". Although this item is not related to the Aleza Lake Research Forest, it is relevant to forest history in the Prince George area and therefore retained by the Society.
Photographs are panoramas taken from the Churchill BC Forest Service Lookout, located at latitude 54°04' and longitude 122°16'. The photographs were bound together and include a transparent grid that was intended to be used for locating forest fires.